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Philip French Genealogy

In Appreciation

Many thanks to Jan Lund and Deb Skoff for their research on this line.

Foreword

I’ve researched this line just about all I can from
ancestry.com and from the internet. Additions need to
come from family members or from local books or historians who haven’t put
their information online.

P.S. Although John French is not of my line, I will continue
to do research on him as time permits. My line is FFA Chart #6.

History and Background

Through DNA testing, we were able to research John French’s
parentage back to Jacob French in West Virginia. See FFA Chart #195
for this chart going back a few more generations.

Early French Family Background in 1800 Kentucky

Using the 1800 Tax List below, we can analyze these
predictions:

1.John French, progenitor of FFA Chart
#194, had died ca. 8 Jan 1791 and is not listed.

2.James French, John’s first son, was at
least 18 years old, b. ca. 1782, is listed in Lincoln Co., KY,8/23/1800 where his father first
entered Kentucky.

3.George French, John’s second son, was
only 16 years old and is not listed.

4.Samuel French, John’s third son, was only
11 years old, but a Samuel is listed in Mercer Co., who could be connected to Henry
French on FFA Chart #31. He could also be on FFA Chart #146.

5.William French and Joseph, Levy,
and Moses of Livingston Co., KY, are on FFA Chart #25.

6.David French of Jefferson Co., KY,
appears on 9/3/1800 on FFA Chart #193.

7.Henry French of Mercer Co., KY, is on FFA
Chart #31.

8.Benjamin and William French of
Barren Co., KY, are on FFA Chart #146.

9.Ignatius, Raphael, Joseph,
and probably Paul French of Nelson Co., KY, are on FFA Chart #137.

10.James French of Cumberland Co., KY in 1799 could be on
FFA Chart #14.

11.James and William French of Madison Co., KY, is probably
on FFA Chart #14 or #151.

12.James and Rodolph French of
Washington Co., KY, is probably on FFA Chart #137.

The Beginning of Orange County Indiana

Before the creation of Orange
County, while it was still a part of Washington County, and for a short
time after its creation and organization, Paoli Township was known as Orange
Township, and was of greater extent than at present. On the 10th of February, 1817, the County Board reorganized the townships
of the county, and Paoli became the center.

In the year 1817 nearly all the territory now embraced in
Orangeville Township was a part of Northwest Township, which then extended to
White River in Lawrence County. The boundary of Orangeville Township was fixed as it now exists by the County Commissioners. It
contains twenty-eight sections of land, being four miles east and west, and
seven north and south, lying between Orleans and Northwest Townships, and
bounded on the north by Lawrence County.

In this township the first entry of land was made by Henry
Shirley April 3, 1811. This was 160 acres in Section 6, at the present site of
the town of Orangeville. The next was made by Valentine Shirley, south of this
in Section 7, 480 acres, July 8, in the same year. No other entries were made
until 1813, when John Dougherty came, and in 1814 James Wilson. Prior to
the year 1820, the following entries were made: In 1815, Andrew Wilson, Charles
Shirley, Jacob Shirley, Joel Halbert, Adam Miller,
Henry Shirley, Nicholas Blair, James Shields, George H. French, Samuel
Blair and Stephen Jessup; in 1816, Thomas Inman, Isaac Scott, Charles Downs,
John Marpin, Josseph Nichols,
Moses Mathers, Jacob Shirley, John Blair and William Redmon; in l817. Thomas Evans, Robert
McCracken, Edward Bryant, Samuel Wilson and Michael Pipher;
in 1818, John Field, Abraham Osborn and Neely Rayborn.

Settlement of Northwest Township

At the re-organization of Orange County in the year 1817
Northwest Township was made to include all of the present township of
Orangeville and that part of Orleans lying west of the meridian line, while its
northern boundary was the East Fork of White River. After several reductions in
size, it was fixed as it yet remains. Its area is thirty square miles, and, as
its name implies, is situated in the northwest corner of the county. The five
sections on the south boundary were originally reserved as saline land, excepting
Section 16, which was reserved for school purposes. In the other ten sections
of Township 2 north and Range 2 west that are situated in Northwest Township,
there were but three entries of land prior to 1820. These were Adam Shirley in
1813, James Wilson, 1818, and William Batman, 1819. The other entries in this
township prior to that year were Samuel Blair, 1816; William M. Blair, 1816; George
H. French, 1817; George Held, 1817; Burton Southern, 1818; Thomas
Brackenridge, 1819, and Thomas Reynolds, 1820. At an election held in Northwest
Township, February 20, 1819, at the house of Samuel Glenn, the following
persons voted: Robert Elrod, John Maxwell, Thomas Inman, John Jarvis, John
Sanders, Benjamin Pinkley, George Head, George Pinkley, Zelek Fisher, Wright
Sanders, Charles Shirley, James Donnell, Thomas Jervis, Joseph Pearson, Henry
Shirley, Stephen Elrod, William Hoard, James Blair, William Kirkman,
William Blair, John Cook, Samuel French, Burton Southern, David Hudson,
Joseph Sanders, John Been, Adam Shirley, Simon Snyder, Charles Downs, Jacob A. Shotts, Lewis Byram, Henry McGee,
Abel Robbins*, William Bland, John Byram,
James Wilson, William Batman and Joseph Wilson. Total number voting
thirty-eight, Burton Southern receiving twenty votes for Justice of the Peace
and John Cook eighteen. John Blair was Inspector, Henry McGee and Lewis Byram were Judges, and Charles Downs and Jacob A. Shotts were Clerks. At this date, however, Northwest
included Orangeville Township, where a large number of these voters then
resided. In March of the following year there was another election, and the
list of voters shows the following names in addition to those just given: John
Bryant, John Hinson. Jonathan Lindley (a Quaker from Orange, NC, who was a
leader in bringing Quakers to Indiana in 1811), David Hudland,
George Hinson, Levi S. Stewart, Jacob Shields, Thomas Wadsworth, Richard James,
Michael Pipher, John Stewart, Samuel Scarlett, James
Shields, Jr., Nathan Bond. Thomas Lindley, Pedigo
Watson, Thompson Freeman and George Hoggs. Up to this
date there had been land entered by only about forty four
persons, and these two returns show a vote of fifty-six, and many more than
twelve of these were then strangers to the land entry record. This would pretty
clearly indicate the presence of a considerable number of squatters at that
date.

The most of the early settlers to Indiana came from
Kentucky, the first being Moses Evans, who arrived in 1812, and settled on the
prairie now bearing his name. About the same time Thomas and William Pound and
Hamilton Reed came in, also James French, who was a bell-maker and did a
large business, trading bells to the Indians, who at the time were numerous in
the vicinity. Shortly after his arrival he was driven off by them, but returned
again when Fort Harrison was erected. His brother George H. French was a
wagoner during the War of 1812 between Ft. Knox,
Kentucky and Fort Harrison, Indiana. David Goble came among the first, giving
his name to the prairie on which he located. Elijah Pound, Ephraim and Joel Kester, the Frakes, William McGlone, R. Beauchamp, David, William and Arthur Boyll, Ephraim, Herman and Smith Sparks, John Carr, John
Gunn and John Foxworthy, who was the first school trustee of the township, were
among those who arrived at an early day. John Gunn put up the first mill, which
was a simple affair run by horse-power, and a little later Bright Thomas, a
colored man, an early settler and natural mechanic, erected a water-power mill,
to which the pioneers from far and near used to come to have their corn ground.

*Based on Abel Robbins’ age, he might have been a brother to
Mary Polly Robbins, but not her father, as he married after she was born.

Settlement of Southeast Township

Up to and including the year 1812 the following entries of
land were made in Southeast Township: Township 1 south, Range 1 east - Robert Hollowell, November 30, 1809, 160 acres, Section 1; John Hollowell, November 30, 1809, 320 acres, Section 11; John Hollowell, June 30, 1807, 160 acres, Section 15. Township 1 south. Range 2 east -
Henry H. Jones, March 20, 1812, 160 acres in Section 29. All other persons who
entered land in this township prior to the year 1820, were: David Colclasure in 1814; Thomas Wilson and Thomas Hollowell in 1815; Jacob Smith and Richard Weathers in
1816; John and Henry Holland and Arthur Whitehead in 1817; John Dougherty,
William Harned, William White, Daniel Hadley, James
French and Abraham Colclasure in 1818; John
Coffee, Thomas Maxedon, Thomas Sulling,
Samuel Stalcup, Samuel McGee and Joseph Weathers in
1819.

Today

Northwest Township is one of ten townships in Orange Co.,
IN. In the 2000 census, Northwest Township had a population of 345. French Lick
was named after French traders who first settled in this region about 1800, and
after the salty mineral deposits (or licks) that attracted wildlife, not after
the surname French.

Early French Family Background in
Indiana

From the History of Indiana above, we learn that John
Dougherty was the third man to acquire land in the area, and that was in
1813, the only one that year. In 1815 George H. French came, being one
of 11 men acquiring land. Another report has George H. French listed in
1817. At an election held in Northwest Township on 20 Feb 1819, Samuel
French voted. In 1818, the names John Dougherty and James French
both appear in the Southeast Township. One would surmise that George, Samuel,
and JamesFrench were brothers, and that John Dougherty
was the head of household for the Dougherty surname that appears various times
in the French family.

1812 James French bell-maker during War of 1812 in
Indiana
1812 George H. French wagoner during War of 1812 in
Indiana
1815 George H. French land entry in Northwest Township
1817 George H. French land entry in Northwest Township
1818 James French land entry in Southeast Township
1819 Samuel French registered to vote in Northwest Township

John Dougherty appears in the 1820 census of Paoli,
Orange Co., IN, age 45+. This date coincides as him being a contemporary of
John and Catherine French. He also appears on the 1790 Tax List of Lincoln Co.,
KY. He also appears in the 1810 census of Indiana Territory. He appears as born
in 1743 in Rockbridge Co., VA, and married Isabella Anna Patton in 1768. He d.
22 Feb 1828 at age 85, and is buried at Stampers
Creek Cemetery in Paoli, Orange Co., IN. His gravestone lists all his children,
and none of them married a French; however, they were in the same generation as
James, George H., and Samuel French. No French is listed in this cemetery on
Findagrave.com. John was Captain in Revolutionary 1782. Appointed by Virginia
Gov. Ben. J Harrison. Organized 1st Militia in Kentucky. Served under Gen.
George Rogers Clark. Built and Defended forts. Fought
Indian raids. Came to Indiana in 1810.

So far there is absolutely no documentation that shows
either Philip French (b. ca. 1790) or David French (b. ca. 1765) or Samuel S. Enis French are directly from this line.

First Generation

1.1* John French,
the emigrant, b. 1705 in England,
assumed to be the patriarch or immigrant of this line, and assumed to have
immigrated from England to Pennsylvania on 27 Feb 1728 at age 23, married in
Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (in a very German-populated area) to Mary about
1730. John d. before 3 Oct 1755 in Antrim Twp., PA.
John and Mary had the following children: Jacob,
Louisa, George, and John, all born between 1730 and 1742 in
PA. He may, of course, have had more children. The 3 sons
have had 9 DNA tests taken on those lines so far as of April 2011, see FFA
Chart #195